Shane MacGowan, frontman of The Pogues, died at the age of 65. Fairytale of New York, his most famous song, is a Christmas ...

Some of the most beloved Christmas songs are a bit rough around the edges, from the hokey and macabre “Grandma Got Run Over By A Reindeer” to the Pogues’ controversial “Fairytale of New ...

As soon as it's time for an Irish Christmas song, we're heading to YouTube for the lyrics but would we have done so if the Pogues' "Fairytale of New York" was "Fairytale of County Clare?" ...

This Anglo-Irish group brought a visceral energy to the punk rock scene, fusing it seamlessly with traditional Irish folk ...

The controversial, divisive, but long-loved “Fairytale of New York” by The Pogues is a Christmas song that will let the mind travel, even if it’s a place you don’t necessarily want to go.

There is no Christmas song more controversial than The Pogues’ “Fairytale of New York.” It’s all because of one word, a homophobic slur that appears in one of the verses. Due to the ...

"Fairytale of New York" by the Pogues, featuring Kirsty MacColl, is "one of the most popular and enduring Christmas songs" said GQ. But it was held at the No. 2 spot on its release in 1987 by the ...

Many Christmas songs turn away from the warmth of the holiday ... ‘Fairytale of New York’ by The Pogues feat. Kristie MacColl Don’t let the rousing chorus fool you.

That’s the agony and ecstasy of yuletide commercialism: Encountering the same Christmas songs over and over can ... Kurtis Blow, the Pogues, and even a Monty Python alumnus.

Chris Rea’s ‘Driving Home for Christmas’ and ‘Fairytale of New York’ by The Pogues were the most popular songs. However, the latter proved divisive by also featuring in the top 10 of ...

As we wrote back in 2012, the rousing song crafted in the best folk tradition tells of an Irish immigrant’s wretched Christmas Eve spent in the drunk tank of a New York jail. Pogues frontman ...